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Thursday, 1 October 2015

It's Christmas at Rachel's Random Reads & Giveaway

You may have already noticed the odd Christmas book review sneak in in the last few days, and you may be thinking, but its still over 2 months away. Well you would be completely correct, however the book publishers have already started to release this years Christmas books, and they will be all the way into December.So besides me trying to decide whether to panic at the sheer amount of fabulous sound Christmas stories being published this year, knowing I still have some left over from previous years on my kindle, or cheer because I can start celebrating this holiday very early this year.What I can tell you is possibly as far as early January, I will be reviewing Christmas books fairly regularly, and hoping to make this a blog full of Christmas spirit. If you really do feel this is too early, please return closer to Christmas, and check out all the books I will have already reviewed!The question is when picking what books to read over Christmas, is where on earth do I start? They all sound fantastic...... well I know that from 23rd to 29th November, I will be publishing my reviews of Christmas titles that are published by digital publisher Carina, in an event I am calling #CarinaChristmas. For more information check out this page.. from 1st to 11th December I will be taking part in #HarperXmas which is being run thanks to Books With Bunny to celebrate all the Christmas books being released by Harper Impulse (who you may have seen featured on my blog before). And before those dates the blog will be a mix of whatever Christmas books I can get my hands on, plus some other reviews, so I don't completely overdose on eggnog and good cheer!Top 3 Christmas Books in series/or sequels I'm looking forward to:

Please note these aren't all the festive releases of interest this year, but some of the ones I will be definitely trying my hardest to get my hands on to review for you.

Giveaway - Win a 2015 Christmas paperback of your choice (INT)

What books are you looking forward to this Christmas? When is too early for you to start reading seasonal releases? Let me know, a comment left on this post will be picked at random and will win a Christmas paperback of your choice (open internationally, so long as Book depository delivers to you), from this years releases.

Competition closes 31st October at Midnight. Please make sure you comment with a profile, and not just as unknown to be counted, and if you can include your twitter handle (if on twitter), so I can find you easily if you win.

Breaking News Update!Rachel's Random Reads will also be taking part in #BookoutreChristmas from 22nd to 27th October, during which time I will have each day a post to do with Bookoutre's Christmas releases, be it a giveaway, guest post, review or something else. Talk to @ThisChickReads on twitter for more information about this event!

Lots of fab books on your list Rachel. The top 3 in your list of series/sequels are the same as mine, also looking forward to Dream a Little Christmas Dream, A Winter Wedding, Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses by Jenny hale and Holly Martin's two new Christmas books, the list is endless and I also have a couple from last year to read. It's never too early to start reading a Christmas book. Looking forward to the #bookoutrechristmas @xLaura30x

As a crafter, I make Christmas cards all through the year so I'm happy to read Christmas books all year long too. I'd not heard of How to Stuff Up Christmas by Rosie Blake but it sounds like a fun festive readjane

Wow that must be fun, being able to stay Christmassy all year. So long as I have time this year, I hope to read and review How to Stuff Up Christmas. If you get there first please let me know what it's like.

Wow this is a great giveaway Rachel. I'm so excited to read Samantha Tongue's new book Big fat Christmas wedding. 😊 I've just seen the cover and I'm looking forward to reading it even more now. I'm also looking forward to what happens at Christmas by TA Williams. I love his books xx 🎄😊🎅😁 @Leighnewton66

Wow this is a great giveaway Rachel. I'm so excited to read Samantha Tongue's new book Big fat Christmas wedding. 😊 I've just seen the cover and I'm looking forward to reading it even more now. I'm also looking forward to what happens at Christmas by TA Williams. I love his books xx 🎄😊🎅😁 @Leighnewton66

Rachel this is one mighty list. I was kinda missing all the christmassy posts from Sophie's Christmas in July, no more. You got a brilliant list here and I am looking forward to what Team Bookouture and all you lovely Bloggers have in store for the readers. There's one particular festive read that's caught my fancy and would love to have in paperback it's Lisa's 12 Dates to Christmas. Again Great selection of festive reads.

It is going to take a few weeks for the blog to become almost fully Christmassy, and I will still have some other reviews popping up. I read 12 Dates to Christmas last year as the complete e-book and loved it, so sure you will enjoy once it is out,

Hun, you know best I'm obsessed with Christmas books and can read them all throughout the year. But usually enjoy them September to January. & really can't tell you which release I'm most excited about, as I'm so excited about them all. :) Ana @ThisChickReads

Christmas Ever After by Sarah Morgan as it's the final instalment in the Puffin Series. There are lots of fab Christmas books being released at the moment we are all in for a great festive reading season

Amazing giveaway! I'm so looking forward to Bella's Christmas Bake Off by Sue Watson, because she is a wonderful author and I absolutely love to bake, so this is the perfect book for me. Eek, this is getting me so excited about Christmas! Rosie xx@rosiedunninghamwww.rosebudbakes.wordpress.com

I've just finished my 7th Xmas book and it's the last week of October. It's never too early too start as there are so many good Xmas books to look forward too. I'm looking forward in particular to the new Roisin Meaney, Karen Swan and Abby Clements.